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Chess Board
You have a 5 x 5 chess board. You must place 5 queens so that you can place three pawns on the board and they will not be taken.
View full teaser and answerSatellite Depression
What expression is represented below?
depressed 111111 satellite
View full teaser and answerWhite to Play
I reached this position in a five-minute game. I had about two minutes left, so now so do you. Well, OK, you can have 5 minutes!
View solutionMovie Star
Name the famous movie star from the rebus below.
Srintn
Hint: Not all movie stars are human!
View full teaser and answerMathematical Rebus
What mathematical rule is represented by the rebus below?
.1km. = ~
.1cm. = ~
.1mm. = ____
White to Play
In case you celebrated too hard on New Year’s Eve, you can be assured you’re not seeing double. There are two sets of two knights, and it’s a mate in 5!
View solutionJoe and Smoe
Two friends, Joe and Smoe, were born in May, one in 1932, the other a year later. Each had an antique grandfather clock of which he was extremely proud. Both of the clocks worked fairly well considering their age, but one clock gained ten seconds per hour while the other one lost ten seconds per hour. On a day in January, the two friends set both clocks correctly at 12:00 noon. "Do you realize," asked Joe, "that the next time both of our clocks will show exactly the same time will be on your 47th birthday?" Smoe agreed. Who is older, Joe or Smoe?
View full teaser and answerChristmas and New Year's
Everyone knows that both Christmas Day and New Year's Day always fall on the same day of the week. However, in 1939, the year of the outbreak of World War II, Christmas fell on a Monday and New Year's fell on a Sunday. Why?
View full teaser and answerWhite to Play
If it were Black’s move, he would have a decisive position after Qxf2+, but it isn’t. What should White do?
View solutionEve
Eve, Rob, Hannah, and Otto were walking down a dusty road. Otto told Rob, "You don't belong with us." Why did Otto make such a statement?
View full teaser and answerGorilla
What animal comes next in this sequence:
GORILLA
HEDGEHOG
CAMEL
MOUSE
FOX
BEAR
MOLE
==?==
Choose from: PORCUPINE BADGER COW GIRAFFE SQUIRREL RHINOCEROS
View full teaser and answerFamous Author
I am a famous author
I am a famous poet
Credit for my work
It is not mine
Wouldn't ya know it
For all that is done
I get a lot a of credit
You all have heard my name,
But only some remember
White to Play
Note: the previous puzzle was supposed to have read--Bishops and pawn endings are often drawn because the weaker side bishop can sacrifice itself for the draw, but here White can win—Sorry for the confusion. Here we have a brilliant finish by Rossolimo in 1944.
View solutionFive Consonants
The words "Dumbstruck" and "Thumbscrew" have five consonants in a row. What other word also has this property?
View full teaser and answerStrange Sentences
Which one of these sentences does not belong?
A) Diamonds often need keen, elegant yaks.
B) Teacups contain tea and sometimes grapes.
C) Roses are big, beautiful insect terraces.
D) Rocks are constantly coming only on November.
View full teaser and answerWhite to Play
Bishops of opposite color endings are generally considered drawn, but here White can win.
View solutionA Carol
What popular Christmas carol nullifies itself by the singing of its first line?
View full teaser and answerHristmas Arols
Below are ten clues, each of which relates to the first line of a different Christmas carol or song. Unlike the title of the teaser, these clues only have the first letters of each of the words.
Can you figure out what songs they are?
1. CROAOF
2. IDOAWC
3. RTRNRHAVSN
4. GGROBAR
5. IHABCWY
6. ISMKSC
7. OTFDOCMTLGTM
8. FTSMWAJHS
9. IBMBOJHSSOM
10. JBJBJBR
White to Play
A famous Fischer position against Bill Hook at the Siegen Olympiad in 1970.
View solutionOpposites
What two words, when said or written seem as though they are opposite, but really mean the same thing?
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